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slow and slouching gait Sam leads the team;
 * He stoops i' the shoulders, worn with work not years;

One only passion has he, it would seem—
 * The passion for the horses which he rears:

He names them as one would some household pet, May, Violet.

He thinks them quite as sensible as men;
 * As nice as women, but not near so skittish;

He fondles, cossets, scolds them now and then,
 * Nay, gravely talks as if they knew good British:

You hear him call from dawn to set of sun, "Goo back! Com on!"